Sodium Polyacrylate for Hot Cold Therapy Gel Pack

Brief introduction

Freshwater is directed at the individual sheets of ice packs to activate them; Superabsorbent Polymer instantly starts absorbing the water and converting it to a Gel by placing them under fresh tap water; in about 20 minutes time it is seen to soak up enough water to form small cushion-shaped Ice Cubes.

SAP’s important indicators for Gel pack

Here’re the important indicators to tell the good sodium polyacrylate.

1. Hydration time

As we know, some gel pack is disposable and some gel pack can be used multiple times.

Hydration time means how long the gel in pack would melt. It determines the quality of gel pack.

2. Gel strength

– When gel strength is too hard, the hand feel of pack would be terrible;

– When gel strength is too solf, the hydration time would be short.

3. Granular size

The common granular size of SAP is 10-100 mesh. We can purchase the right size according the gel pack’s manufacturing technique.

Other side, granular size would influence the hydration time and gel strength.

4. Price

– If the purchasing order is big (like more than 16 tons), we can get good price from SAP factories;

– If the purchasing order is not so big, a trade company specialize in SAP would be better choose.